Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device

A device for pressing a rack against a pinion, the device including:

• a thrust piece defining an annular groove, inboard of an outer circumferential surface of the thrust piece,
• a bearing element, and
• a preloading element which acts in the axial direction of a central longitudinal axis of the device,
• wherein the preloading element is disposed within the annular groove so as to be positioned between the bearing element and the thrust piece and wherein the preloading elements provides a preloading force acting on the thrust piece in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis and directed away from the bearing element,
• a readjustment installation for compensating wear, the readjustment installation being disposed between the thrust piece and the bearing element, and
• an axial play installation for defining a minimum play of the thrust piece in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis, the axial play installation being disposed between the readjustment installation and the bearing element, and the axial play installation having an elastic spring element that acts in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the spring element is mounted in a depression.

A device for pressing a rack against a pinion, comprising:

• a thrust piece,
• a bearing element, and
• a preloading element which acts in an axial direction of a central longitudinal axis of the device,
• wherein the preloading element is disposed between the bearing element and the thrust piece and wherein the preloading element provides a preloading force acting against the thrust piece in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis and directed away from the bearing element,
• a readjustment installation for compensating wear, the readjustment installation being disposed between the thrust piece and the bearing element, and
• an axial play installation for defining a minimum play of the thrust piece in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis, the axial play installation being disposed between the readjustment installation and the bearing element, and the axial play installation having an elastic spring element which acts in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the spring element is mounted in a depression, the depression being configured in a side of the bearing element that faces the readjustment installation,
• wherein the axial play installation has a play delimitation element, the play delimitation element being disposed between the elastic spring element and the readjustment installation, a maximum projecting measurement by which the spring element extends from the depression being defined by the play delimitation element, and
• wherein at least one outer peripheral portion of the play delimitation element, which is radial in relation to the central longitudinal axis, is disposed in a retaining groove of the bearing element, wherein the play delimitation element includes two radial peripheral portions, which face away from one another, wherein a maximum projecting measurement by which the spring element extends from the depression is defined by the play delimitation element in interaction with the height of the retaining groove.